英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
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Wake
(v. t.)
To bring to life again, as if from the sleep of death; to
reanimate; to revive.
Wake
(v. t.)
To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
Wake
(n.)
The act of waking, or being awaked; also, the state of being
awake.
Wake
(n.)
The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or
festive purposes; a vigil.
Wake
(n.)
An annual parish festival formerly held in commemoration of
the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the
evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church;
subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often
with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises,
attended by eating and drinking, often to excess.
Wake
(n.)
The sitting up of persons with a dead body, often attended
with a degree of festivity, chiefly among the Irish.
Wake-robin
(n.)
Any plant of the genus Arum, especially, in England,
the cuckoopint (Arum maculatum).
Waked
(imp. & p. p.)
of Wake
Wakeful
(a.)
Not sleeping; indisposed to sleep; watchful; vigilant.
Waken
(v. i.)
To wake; to cease to sleep; to be awakened.
Waken
(v. t.)
To excite or rouse from sleep; to wake; to awake; to
awaken.
Waken
(v. t.)
To excite; to rouse; to move to action; to awaken.
Wakened
(imp. & p. pr.)
of Waken
Wakener
(n.)
One who wakens.
Wakening
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Waken
Wakening
(n.)
The act of one who wakens; esp., the act of ceasing to
sleep; an awakening.
Wakening
(n.)
The revival of an action.
Waker
(n.)
One who wakes.
Waketime
(n.)
Time during which one is awake.
Waking
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wake